Quick question... It'll be my first winter in this area, is there a need for winter tires?

No. I spent the entire winter last year on Summers, and every year I was at U of R as well. My rule in Richmond is if it snows I don't drive anyway, because 90% of the people out during those times don't know how to drive in the snow. Generally, even if it does snow, it melts by the next day anyway.

Yeah are you still flying a bunch? I want to have a BWW meet soon before it gets too cold or maybe that brewery trip we had been talking about

I have been flying in the last 2 months I dislocated my carpal bone in my right wrist at work. I was on vacation this coming week till the Director of Operations for the Mid-atlantic canceled it today. Because they are pulling 2 of the managers out of the store for the 5 days. So I lost of week of vacation. I hate use it or lose it vacations.